Man, 30, injured in Scots murder bid as police raid home in frantic hunt for culprit
STREET DRAMA Man, 30, injured in Scots murder bid as police raid home in frantic hunt for culprit
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COPS have stormed a property amid an ongoing attempted murder probe.
Officers wearing protective gear were summoned today to two locations in Lochgelly, Fife.
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Police Officers wearing protective black gear stormed a property in Fife
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The alarm was raised after a man with horror injuries showed up at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy.
A search warrant was executed with cops attending two addresses in a bid to further the investigation.
One onlooker said: "It was complete chaos down here today.
"The police came rushing into the street before marching to a nearby house."
Detectives are urging anyone with information to contact the non-emergency 101 number.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: 'Around 1.40pm on Sunday, 20 July, officers executed a warrant at a property in the Main Street area of Lochgelly after an injured man attended at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy.
'The 30-year-old man had sustained a serious injury and was transferred to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh on Saturday, 19 July, for further treatment. The incident is being treated as attempted murder.
'Police also attended Buller Street in connection with the incident.
'No one has been arrested and enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances.'
Elsewhere, three women have been charged under terror laws after a van crashed into a security fence at a defence firm.
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Cops rushed to the Leonardo factory on Crewe Road North in Edinburgh on Tuesday.
A light blue Ford Transit van was seen jammed up against a damaged metal perimeter fence as a group of protesters climbed onto the vehicle's roof.
A Palestine flag was draped from the rear of the vehicle as the activists sat just feet away from the defence facility's razor wire-topped fence.
Officers arrested three women, aged 31, 34 and 42, and they have today been charged under the Terrorism Act 2000.
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